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Patchogue-Medford Library is now offering online access to ConsumerReports.org with Cars Best Deals Plus and ConsumerReportsHealth.org.
Let Patchogue-Medford Library be your source for reliable consumer advice though Consumer Reports online. Access these online resources at the library, or for district residents, from home with your PML library card barcode and password.
Access Consumer Reports.org with Cars Best Deals Plus from home with your PML library card barcode or username and your password.
Access ConsumerReportsHealth.org from home with your PML library card barcode or username and your password.
Through these consumer-friendly resources you can find all this and more:
- Latest ratings and reports on cars, appliances, electronics, home and garden, baby and children’s products, money and finance issues, and more.
- Up-to-date product safety and recall announcements.
- Access unlimited Consumer Reports Bottom Line Price reports for new and used cars, plus full test track reports, and expanded reliability and owner satisfaction surveys, with the ability to compare car models side-by-side.
- Over 12,000 prescription drug reports with safety, side effects, and interactions warnings.
- Thousands of evidence-based treatment reports on which therapies – drug, surgical, natural, lifestyle changes – are rated best for your condition.
ConsumerReports.org with Cars Best Deals Plus includes:
- The information consumers need to make better purchasing decisions on products they are shopping for. Ratings, reviews, recommendations, and money-saving advice and tips on appliances, electronics, home and garden, babies and kids products, money issues, and food
- Consumer Reports Bottom Line Price on cars - including rebates, incentives and holdbacks
- Unlimited price reports on new and used cars
- Detailed reliability and ownership information
- Test Track Reports from expert engineers
- Enhanced side-by-side model comparisons
- "Best Deal" negotiation advice
ConsumerReportsHealth.org includes:
- Ratings for products that support healthy living
- Expert tips for staying healthy and preventing illness
- Treatment ratings for more than 200 common medical conditions
- Drug reviews for most prescription and over-the-counter drugs
- Most current information and effectiveness ratings for 20,000+ natural medicines, herbs, vitamins, and nutritional supplements
- Resources to help find a doctor and learn ways to maintain the best doctor-patient relationship
- Information on comparing and choosing a hospital, ensuring a safe hospital stay and making sense of hospital bills
- What to look for in a health plan and how they are rated
Access Consumer Reports.org with Cars Best Deals Plus from home with your PML library card barcode and password.
Access ConsumerReportsHealth.org from home with your PML library card barcode and password


